Method and device for transmitting information on a bus system, and a bus system in which different information is uniquely assigned different information identifiers

• US 6,990,540 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2002
• Issued: 01/24/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Dalakuras, Lambros, Boehm, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Ray, Gopal C.
• Application Number:
  US10/256,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20030070019A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 710/110, 710/100, 710/305, 709201-208, 709/248, 340/825.2, 340/825.21, 340/825.52, 370/438, 370/465, 370/349, 370/342, 370/395.52, 370/395.53, 370/908, 375/354
• US Class Current: 710/110
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40156 by using dedicated slots associated with a priority level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/403 with centralised control, e.g. polling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40234 Local Interconnect Network LIN

Abstract

A method and device is described for transmitting information on a bus system having at least two users, as well as a bus system, exactly one superordinate user (master) and at least one subordinate user (slave) being provided, and the information being transmitted in a definable, closed message frame which, in addition to the information to be transmitted, also contains synchronization information, different information being uniquely assigned different information identifiers; after each closed message frame, a number of information sections being provided in which the at least one subordinate user may enter information.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting information on a bus system having at least two users, comprising:

providing a superordinate user;

providing at least one subordinate user;

transmitting the information including synchronization information in a definable, closed message frame;

uniquely assigning different information identifiers to different information; and

providing a plurality of information sections after each closed message frame for entering information by the at least one subordinate user.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

specifying a sequence for the information sections; and

assigning one information identifier to each information section.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

uniquely assigning the information identifiers to the at least two users.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

uniquely assigning the information identifiers to the at least one subordinate user.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

entering information of the bus system, by the at least one subordinate user, in an information section assigned to an information identifier; and

initiating a transmission, by the superordinate user, of a message frame having the information section assigned to the information identifier.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

entering the synchronization information, by the at least one subordinate user, as a SynchBreak in at least one information section;

supplementing the synchronization information, by the superordinate user in a LIN bus system, with a SynchField, an IdentField, corresponding data fields, and a checksumField to form a complete LIN message frame; and

providing a least one new information section following the complete LIN message frame.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a number of information sections corresponds to a number of different information identifiers.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bus system includes a LIN bus system.

9. A bus system for transmitting information having at least two users, comprising:

a superordinate user;

at least one subordinate user;

a first arrangement for transmitting the information including synchronization information in a definable, closed message frame;

a second arrangement for uniquely assigning different information identifiers to different information; and

a third arrangement for providing at least one information section after each closed message frame for entering information by the at least one subordinate user.

10. The bus system according to claim 9, wherein the bus system includes a LIN bus system.

11. A device for transmitting information in a bus system having at least two users, comprising:

a superordinate user;

at least one subordinate user;

a first arrangement for transmitting the information including synchronization information in a definable, closed message frame;

a second arrangement for uniquely assigning different information identifiers to different information; and

a third arrangement for providing at least one information section after each closed message frame for entering information by the at least one subordinate user.

12. The device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a UART module for specifying a delay time following a message frame for the at least one information section.